Discussion to: Do age and functional dependence affect outcomes of simultaneous heart-kidney transplantation?

• Koji Takeda, MD, PhD,
• Iris Feng, BS,
• Francis D. Pagani, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Koji Takeda, MD, PhD

Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY; Address for reprints: Koji Takeda, MD, PhD, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons/New York-Presbyterian Hospital, 177 Fort Washington Ave, New York, NY 10032.

Iris Feng, BS

Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY

Francis D. Pagani, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich